Confiscation Of Auto Tires Hinted By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt warned that if wartime needs worsen the government might seize privately owned tires though no decision on nationwide gasoline rationing has been made. He urged scrap rubber collection but said it is not a cure all and called for reduced gasoline use especially to aid war workers. See NATIONAL GAS Page 3
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Army, Navy and
Petroleum
National Gas
Army airmen do good job on vital supply runs
Melbourne July 8 The United States Army air service disclosed it flew six million miles in five months to rush equipment and personnel to Australian front points. Only one plane was lost, in an accident. One mission carried a complete artillery battery with guns and ammo hundreds of miles away, totaling 500000 pounds. Planes landed units ready for instant action, finishing far faster than overland transport.
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Melbourne
United States Army Air Service
United States
Bataan
Grafton Sentinel invites leads to two theater shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites John Hess of 125 West Main Street to tonight's Strand Theatre showing of The Gay Falcon starring George Sanders and Wendy Barrie, or the Dixie Theatre showing The Courtship of Andy Hardy with Mickey Rooney.
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Grafton Sentinel
John Hess
West Main Street
Gay Falcon
George Sanders
Wendy Barrie
Strand Theatre
Andy Hardy
Mickey Rooney
Dixie Theatre
Few Senators Face Battles in West Virginia Primary
On the August 4 primary basis completed filings, only four of ten retiring state senators seeking renomination face opposition. Senate President Byron B. Randolph of Clarksburg appears unopposed in the 13th district Democratic race. Remaining unopposed are L. J. Morris in the 3rd district, H. S. Ellison in the 10th, John H. Bowling in the 11th, Howard Hardesty in the 14th short term, and G. O. Young in the 15th. Bob Kidd trails W. C. Cooper in the 12th with opposition from Robert H. Kidd, Grover C. Belknap, and Henry J. McKinley. Senator Luther Jones faces Abney Hall in the 6th district.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Senate
Byron B. Randolph
Clarksburg
Amon
L. J. Morris
Glenville
H.S. Ellison
Union
John H. Bowling
White Sulphur Springs
Howard Hardesty
Fairmont
G. O. Young
Buckhannon
Bob Kidd
W. C. Cooper
Webster Springs
Robert H. Kidd
Burnsville
House of Delegates
Grover C. Belknap
Sutton
Henry J. McKinley
Elkins
Luther Jones
Madiss
16 Jap Bombers Strike At Island Airdrome
General MacArthur's headquarters reports a raid by 16 Japanese bombers causing slight damage to Horn Island airdrome in the Torres Strait. Canberra announces creation of air support control units to link ground commanders with aircraft for frontline cooperation.
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MacArthur
Australia
Horn Island
Torres Strait
New Guinea
South Pacific
Canberra
Francis Forde
Earth tremor felt near Rome reported by Berlin radios
Berlin radio dispatch from Berlin broadcasts a Rome report that a short tremor was felt Monday night near Rome and in Segni about 40 miles southeast of Rome. No damage or casualties were mentioned.
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Berlin
Rome
Segni
Premier Refik Saydam Dies at 61 in Ankara
ANKARA July 8 premier Refik Saydam died early today following a heart attack. He had been premier since January 1939. Dr Kaik Buttrak, minister of interior, will serve as acting premier until a new appointment is made.
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Ankara
Turkey
Refik Saydam
Kaik Buttrak
Hanna resigns as unemployment director to aid Neely
Charleston July 8 Hanna Homer W. has resigned as director of the State Unemployment Compensation department and will likely manage Governor Neely’s campaign for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate. Neely accepted the resignation with regret praising Hanna’s service to the state.
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Charleston
Homer W. Hanna
State
M. M. Neely
U.S
Hanna
Neely
Grover Robertson
State Board of Control
Robertson
Kanawha
Roosevelt-Neely
Gunman Fails to Halt Wife Rescuing Husband
In Colorado Springs on July 8, Mrs. Ruth Del Mastro faced a gunman at her grocery store, wielding a bottle and a butcher knife. She fought the bandit as he fired, leaving behind his hat and gun. she and her husband escaped unharmed, while the assailant fled.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Ruth del Mastro
del Mastro
del Bastro
Boiler Blast Fatal Across Norfolk and Western Line
Wreck and engine boiler explosion on the Norfolk and Western line near Nolan in Tug River caused two deaths and 11 injuries. Engineer John W. Baker of Portsmouth and Allen Maynard of Nolan died as four women and others burned by steam were taken to Williamson hospital. The locomotive struck a line of loaded coal cars being shifted by a coal company crew. only two of 17 shifted cars derailed. Family shack destroyed. engine stayed on track. See BOILER BLAST Page 3.
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Williamson
Norfolk and Western
Nolan
Tug River Town
Here
Portsmouth
Coal Company
John W. Baker
Allen Maynard
Baker
Family Shack
Wilhelm Parrack Seek Preston Co Judgeship
Charles P. Wilhelm of Bruceton Mills filed for judge of the 18th judicial circuit on the Republican ticket in an announcement received by the secretary of state. He will oppose Francis E. Parrack of Kingwood. Cramer W. Gibson, Democrat, seeks his party nomination to fill the unexpired term of Judge A. G. Hughes.
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Charleston
Charles P. Wilhelm
Bruceton Mills
18Th Judicial Circuit
Secretary of State
Francis E. Parrack
Kingwood
Cramer W. Gibson
A. G. Hughes
Secret Nazi spies trial begins today in Washington
Eight men trained in Nazi sabotage face charges of wartime articles of war violations as they enter a sealed full and fair trial. A mill court with power to impose death sentences convenes under tight security in the Justice Department building near the capital. Presidential authority and seven generals oversee the proceedings with limited official detail available to the public.
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James J. Strebig
Washington
Justice Department
Lerm Nanning
FBI
37 Rescued When Dutch Cargo Ship Torpedoed
The Eighth Naval district said thirty seven persons were rescued after a medium Dutch cargo vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Caribbean on May 12. Ten crew members, none American, landed at a Gulf port and recounted the attack at 10 35 p m. The submarine commander spoke to the ship master and appeared German, with several Italian crew aboard the U boat.
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Gulf Coast
Caribbean
Eighth Naval District
Gulf
Fishy water left for Germans in desert taps oil tactic
In a Cairo report dated July 8, British forces reportedly watered desert wells with fish oil to render water undrinkable for German troops. The unpalatable taste would linger for months, deterring foes until wells could be rebuilt.
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Cairo
Morgantown Ordnance Plant Workers Vote on Union
Morgantown workers vote in a National Labor Relations Board election to choose a bargaining unit for productions and maintenance staff at the Morgantown Ordnance plant. Balloting ends tomorrow noon with about 500 workers deciding among CIO district 50, the AFLs Chemical unit, or no union.
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Morgantown
Morgantown Ordnance Works
National Labor Relations Board
CIO United Mine ‘Workers
American Federation of Labor
Chemical Unit
Entatives
War Department
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company
Marshall Urged To Head United Nations Armies
Speculation here that an American, possibly General George C. Marshall, could become supreme commander of all United Nations forces. Others mentioned include Admiral William D. Leahy and General Douglas MacArthur. no official move has been made yet.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
George C. Marshall
United States Army
United Nations
Leahy
Marshall
William D.leahy
Douglas MacArthur
Roosevelt
White House
MacArthur
Bataan
inter-Allied
Stalin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Rome Radio Declares British Force Beaten
Italian broadcasts report the high command declaring a strong British force repulsed with heavy losses in an attack on Axis positions in Egypt. RAF aircraft raided Reggio Calabria and Messina while German and Italian fliers bombed British ground columns. Numerous fires started and many tanks and armored cars were destroyed in prior days actions. Prisoners were said to be taken amid intense aerial activity.
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Rome
Egypt
Reggio Calabria
Messina
el Alamein
Defective Coal Cutting Machine Blamed for Miner Disaster
The Bureau of Mines report to Interior Secretary Ickes says the May 12 explosion at Christopher Coal Co in Osage West Virginia killed 56 men was likely sparked by methane ignited inside a coal cutting machine control box. Investigators found the machine, though flame proof by type, had been altered and repaired to be non permissible and capable of generating sparks. The panel and enclosure were left so gas could enter and ignite from contactors.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Interior
Ickes
Christopher Coal Co
Osage
W. Va
J Bireat
Army Starts Holding Pay
Army deductions from soldiers pay began under the family allowance law effective June 1. Deductions for dependents take effect starting with July pay, with monthly spread possible to ease hardship. A $250 lump sum is planned for dependents, accumulating until first payments on November 1.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Mexican Dive Bombers Cripple Nazi U-Boat
Mexico’s first wartime blow reportedly crippled a German submarine in the Gulf of Mexico after dive bombing by patrol planes near Tampico. The air attack left an oil slick, and reconnaissance identified damage as the submarine withdrew with a second U-boat protecting it.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Army General Staff
Tampico
General Staff
Swedish Prime Minister Hansson assassination rumors proven unfounded
Reuters reported an official Stockholm statement that rumors of Swedish Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson's assassination were entirely unfounded. Earlier, Reuters had noted rumors circulating in Bern, Switzerland, claiming Hansson had been slain.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Per Albin Hansson
Bern
Switzerland
Hansson
Deny railway center taken by Nazi army
Moscow reports slow German onslaught near Voronezh as Red Army holds lines and counterattacks in parts of the Voronezh and Staryi Oskol sectors. Berlin’s claimed capture denied by Soviet sources. battles continue along the upper Don basin with heavy losses cited. Page 3.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Voronezh
Russia
Red Star
Berlin
Don River
Boy.iet Information Bureau
Staryi Oskol
Red
Stary Oskol
Staryi
Oskol
Upper
Don
Kursk-Kharkov
RAF Attacks Near Nile Reach In North Africa
British air operations and harrying patrols intensified against Axis forces near the Nile as both sides avoided major assaults. Patrols at the coastal Lime destroyed Axis tanks and captured prisoners while RAF bombarded Tobruk with explosions and fires. Three enemy planes were downed on the North African front and Malta losses were eight, with six Royal Air Force pilots reported missing.
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Cairo
The
Nile
Egypt
Tobruk
Malta
Graf ton Aerie 2389 Notice for July 9 Meeting
Fraternal Eagles unit Graf ton Aerie 2389 announces an important meeting Thursday night July 9 at Node hall. A representative from Grand Aerie will speak and refreshments will be served. All members urged to be present. Dorsey Shingleton, W Pp.
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Grafton Aerie
Eagles
Node Hall
Grand Aerie
Dorsey Shingleton
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East
ARMY
Strand
Dixie
MacArthur Park
Los Angeles
Central Press
Island
Morgantown Ordnance Plant
NLRB
Rome Radio
U.S. Navy
Nicholas A. Draim
Norfolk, Va
Naval Air Station
Libyan
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